What does "Fated" Quirk truly do?

[Gebrantes392]

So I was looking for a conclusive answer to the question in the title and I found something like this in game files:

{
         "id" : "fated",
         "show_explicit_buff_description" : false,
         "show_flavor_description" : true,
         "show_explicit_curio_tag_description" : false,
         "random_chance" : 1,
         "is_positive" : true,
         "is_disease" : false,
         "classification" : "physical",
         "incompatible_quirks" : 
         [
         ],
         "curio_tag" : "",
         "curio_tag_chance" : 0.0,
         "keep_loot" : false,
         "buffs" : 
         [
         ],
         "can_modify_in_activity" : true,
         "can_be_replaced_by_new_quirk" : true
      },

The 2 important attributes here (I believe) are obviously buffs and curio tag section. Every other quirk in the file from which I took this code either has their buff listed (in case of quirks that alter stats like Hard Noggin or Deadly) or has curio_tag and curio_tag_chance filled out (in case of quirks that force interactions with Curios such as Bloodthirsty or Kleptomaniac).
My question to the community here is: Does that mean that Fated Quirk is just a prank from developers and has no actual benefit to your hero or is there something here that I'm missing?

[RopeDrink]

Don't know. And frankly, don't care.

Even if it worked exactly how it says on the tin, you are still better off reducing your chance to miss - rather than having a tiny chance of misses being turned into hits. Personally, I treat a hefty portion of positive + negative quirks as nonexistent already.

EDIT:

Said the same thing in 2019 - and people probably provided the answer there already:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/262060/discussions/0/1778261771153849324/

[Gebrantes392]

Originally posted by RopeDrink:

Don't know. And frankly, don't care.

Even if it worked exactly how it says on the tin, you are still better off reducing your chance to miss - rather than having a tiny chance of misses being turned into hits. Personally, I treat a hefty portion of positive + negative quirks as nonexistent already.

EDIT:

Said the same thing in 2019 - and people probably provided the answer there already:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/262060/discussions/0/1778261771153849324/

Thank you for pointing out that 2019 thread, the answers provided there are pretty conclusive.

[Justice]

It has one unique "use"
To hit " the absolute nothingness " during Ancestor fight, which has 999 dodge. But who gonna spent 24h trying to kill one right?

[Red heX]

Spiritually, it can turn ANY miss, in ANY reality, into a hit in the Darkest Dungeon.

And hey there Justice!~

Originally posted by Justice:

It has one unique "use"
To hit " the absolute nothingness " during Ancestor fight, which has 999 dodge. But who gonna spent 24h trying to kill one right?

[Red heX]

Originally posted by RopeDrink:

Don't know. And frankly, don't care.

Even if it worked exactly how it says on the tin, you are still better off reducing your chance to miss - rather than having a tiny chance of misses being turned into hits. Personally, I treat a hefty portion of positive + negative quirks as nonexistent already.

EDIT:

Said the same thing in 2019 - and people probably provided the answer there already:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/262060/discussions/0/1778261771153849324/

Certain negative quirks influence stress decisions. For example, hellion can only move forward i think, so if she can juke backwards automatically, you can move into a free breakthrough, (if you know how to Chara manip (Hint: you don't!))

Honestly, them making decisions for me sometimes helps me get back on track. And sometimes they strike with more viscerality then I can muster in the moment.

Helps IRL too.,
CX~